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. 2018 Apr 26;62(5):e02423-17.
doi: 10.1128/AAC.02423-17. Print 2018 May.

In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Novel Triazole Efinaconazole and Five Comparators against Dermatophyte Isolates

Ali Rezaei-Matehkolaei  1 , Sadegh Khodavaisy  2 , Mohamad Mahdi Alshahni  3   4 , Takashi Tamura  3   4 , Kazuo Satoh  3   4 , Mahdi Abastabar  5 , Gholam Reza Shokoohi  6 , Bahram Ahmadi  7 , Mohammad Kord  2 , Simin Taghipour  1 , Koichi Makimura  3   4 , Hamid Badali  8   9
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In Vitro Antifungal Activity of Novel Triazole Efinaconazole and Five Comparators against Dermatophyte Isolates

Ali Rezaei-Matehkolaei et al. Antimicrob Agents Chemother. .

Abstract

The objective of this study was to assess the in vitro activity of the novel triazole antifungal drug, efinaconazole, and five comparators (luliconazole, lanoconazole, terbinafine, itraconazole, and fluconazole) against a large collection of Trichophyton interdigitale and Trichophyton rubrum clinical isolates. The geometric mean MICs were the lowest for luliconazole (0.0005 μg/ml), followed by lanoconazole (0.002 μg/ml), efinaconazole (0.007 μg/ml), terbinafine (0.011 μg/ml), itraconazole (0.095 μg/ml), and fluconazole (12.77 μg/ml). It appears that efinaconazole, lanoconazole, and luliconazole are promising candidates for the treatment of dermatophytosis due to T. interdigitale and T. rubrum.

Keywords: dermatophytes; efinaconazole; in vitro susceptibility testing.

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